command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
early on; earlier on; from early
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
vent; vent hole; air hole
death by suffocation; death by choking
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence
to shoot dead; to shoot to death
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
death penalty; capital punishment
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to put into effect; to put into practice
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
letting (someone) die without helping
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless